OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Smallest prime of the form: 1 + product of n terms of an arithmetic progression with first term 1.
Conjecture: All terms exist.
LINKS
Nathaniel Johnston, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..100
FORMULA
a(n) = 1 + Product_{i = 0..n-1} (1 + i*A084726(n)). - David Wasserman, Jan 03 2005
EXAMPLE
a(1) = 2 = 1 + 1;
a(4) = 281 = 1*4*7*10 + 1 (1*2*3*4 + 1 = 25 is composite);
a(5) = 76561 = 1*8*15*22*29 + 1.
MAPLE
A084727 := proc(n) local k, p: for k from 1 do p:=1+mul(1+j*k, j=0..n-1): if(isprime(p))then return p: fi: od: end: seq(A084727(n), n=1..16); # Nathaniel Johnston, Jun 26 2011
MATHEMATICA
np[n_]:=Module[{k=1}, While[!PrimeQ[Times@@NestList[k+#&, 1, n-1]+1], k++]; Times@@NestList[k+#&, 1, n-1]+1]; Array[np, 20] (* Harvey P. Dale, Aug 05 2021 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Amarnath Murthy and Meenakshi Srikanth (menakan_s(AT)yahoo.com), Jun 13 2003
EXTENSIONS
More terms from David Wasserman, Jan 03 2005
STATUS
approved